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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Conservancy \Con*serv"an*cy\, n. Conservation, as from injury, defilement, or irregular use [An act was] passed in 1866, for vesting in the Conservators of the River Thames the conservancy of the Thames and Isis. --Mozley & W. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: conservancy n 1: (British) a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river 2: the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources [syn: {conservation}, {conserving}]
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